Description
Laga-oda
Laga oda ancient caves are located some 38 kms away from the center of Dire Dawa city in the Guninfeta Peasants Association to the southwest. Three caves known locally by the names Goda-Kataba, Goda-Okotae and Goda-Buttu altogether make up Laga-oda caves. Goda-kataba that literally means a cave with written records is as such not a cave with an inlet and outlet. It is a rock shelter. The number of rock paintings in the shelter is about 600 (Cervicek 1971). Apart from paintings, there are also written records on the wall. According to the local community information referring to the other two adjacent caves is already recorded on the above mentioned inscriptions (DDAC-WMEO 2003). In addition to this, the Laga Oda rock shelter yielded a number of stone artifacts that belong to the Later Stone Age and related faunal rests ( Brandt 1986, Clark 1954, Degefa 1996).
